Aiken Prep to appoint Dacre Stoker head of transition team
Headmaster’s departure prompts a smooth end of year plan as Boehner confirms Dacre Stoker will lead the management transition team while the school begins a search for a new headmaster. Enrollments at 177, plans for a new campus on Hitchcock Parkway proceed as internal preparations continue.
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Barnwell fund replenishment eyed as short term loan
Barnwell OM 1A fund would be replenished in 5 million dollar steps as lawmakers weigh a 60 million borrow plan. Leather man calls the money a short term loan to balance the budget with replenishment and a repayment plan likely. The fund funds pollution cleanup and monitoring for over a century at Barnwell, a key low level nuclear waste site open to select states until 2008 and beyond for existing agreements.
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Birth of New Ellenton and Brinkley Family Move
Ellen ton ed fr om a building. "Nobody could help you because all your friends were in the same boat," he said. "Once the great exodus began, the residents and some 5,000 others who sur rounded the town were responsible for finding a new community to call home. "They went everywhere," Brinkley said. "You can't just up and take everything they dreamed about and worked for and then up and move to another town." But for Brinkley and his family, they hitched up their house and moved to Jackson. 'They moved the family gro cery store to the town that was emerging about 30 miles up the road, called New Ellenton. People began moving to the new Ellenton, because lots were for sale at $125," Brink ley said. It was shortly after that on April 26, 1952 that New Ellen ton was born. "In the '50s and '60s New Ellenton became quite a town," Brinkley said. He and his family moved their home to the town about a decade later to run their
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New Ellenton 50th Anniversary Bash Weekend Schedule
A two day celebration in New Ellenton features a Friday gospel festival with The Brazelis and Pure Heart, fireworks, a Saturday parade and opening ceremony, a memory sharing picnic with hot dogs and cake, Terry and Jordan music, and an Atomic City Cruise-In with vintage cars. The tale of a moved building and a vanished town adds local lore.
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GOP candidates unite behind Hodges view on DOE dispute
South Carolina leaders clash over shipments of surplus weapons grade plutonium from Rocky Flats. Attorney General Charlie Condon Rep Mark Sanford and Ken Wingate back Hodges demand for a federal court consent decree to bind the Bush administration. Governor Hodges vows to block shipments if guarantees lapse.
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Aiken County
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State 4K programs face funding cuts in budget fight
The Aiken Board notes existing 4K and First Steps programs across 46 counties while state funding for 2002-2008 faced reductions. The First Steps Board sought 45 million but lawmakers trimmed to 22 million with possible minor increases or carry forwards. Authority figures say no decisions yet on cuts, stressing tough times but commitment to children.
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